Jen Kavanagh reports on a project to scan telegrams from across the UK for a new communications gallery opening in 2014.
A number of guest authors, from scientists to artists, contribute to our blog, taking you behind the scenes, exploring the incredible objects in our collection, our award-winning exhibitions and the scientific achievements making headlines today.
Chloe Vince, a volunteer working on the upcoming Information Age gallery, celebrates 30 years of the Apple Macintosh computer.
Martyn Harris, cyclist and entrepreneur, looks at how 3D printing inspired him to launch a new business. See more examples of 3D Printing in our 3D: Printing the future exhibition. My two lifelong passions are cycling and engineering. As a child I could regularly be found either riding my bike or constructing some new contraption out of lego. I started racing mountain bikes at the age of 13 and after leaving school, embarked on a four year apprenticeship to become a […]
We asked author and journalist Marcus Chown, who is speaking at this month’s Lates, to share his Top 10 Bonkers Things About the World.
Geoff Chapman is a Science Museum volunteer who catalogued a box of amateur radio materials for our exciting new gallery Information Age.
A guest blog from Kate Pearson, Deputy Head of Charities and Trusts Manager at People’s Postcode Lottery
Sally Munday-Webb, Volunteer coordinator at Science Museum blogs on our award-winning volunteers. Delroy Joseph (DJ) has been a volunteer at the Science Museum for over a year now. He came to us through Certitude, a company that supports people with learning difficulties or mental health support needs into employment, training or education. His advisor, Teresa, got in touch as she thought DJ would make a great volunteer. DJ started at the Museum as a volunteer ambassador, meaning he helps our visitors […]
Journalist and broadcaster Samira Ahmed goes behind the scenes of our new exhibition, Mind Maps: Stories from Psychology, which opens to the public this week.
Jen Kavanagh, Audience Engagement Manager for Information Age, explores the stories from telephone exchange operators in the 1960s.
Geoff Chapman is a volunteer on the Information Age project. This blog follows on from Geoff’s first foray into a mystery box of early wireless paperwork.
Suzy Antoniw, Content Developer in the Contemporary Science Team, looks at the creation of a new exhibition on 3D printing.
To celebrate John Dalton’s 210th birthday, Archivist Cecilia Cassingham delves into the Science Museum Library and Archives for a glimpse of Dalton’s life and work.